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AUGUST 21, 2020
The Role of Community Colleges During and After the Pandemic
NCSL 2020 Higher Education Virtual Meeting Series: Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic
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CHATTER IN THE CHAT BOX
Answer the following in the chat box:
What state are you from?
Do you know which state’s capitol is in this picture?
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AGENDA FOR TODAY’S MEETING
Introduction of Speakers
Overview of issues facing community colleges prior to, during, and after the pandemic
The role of community colleges as providers of workforce education
Tackling the transfer pipeline
Questions
Preview of Upcoming Meetings
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TODAY’S SPEAKERS
Nikki Edgecombe is a senior research scholar at the Community College Research Center. She conducts research on developmental education, education equity, teaching and learning, English learners, faculty development, minority-serving institutions, and higher education finance.
https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/easyblog/anti-racist-community-college-funding.html
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Sustaining the mission of community colleges is crucial todayOpen Access
• Enroll 40% of undergrads (11.8M)
• Black and Latinos are almost 40% of CC students
Affordable
• Average annual tuition and fees about one third that of 4-year public colleges ($3,730 vs $10,440)
• 62% of full-time students work
Provide multiple pathways to college and employment goals
• 53% enrolled in credit programs and 47% enrolled in noncredit programs
Source: American Association of Community Colleges, Fast Facts 2020
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COVID crisis putting unique pressures on the community college mission
Elevated need for academic and nonacademic support
Challenges of remote learning not distributed equally
Source: McKinsey & Company, May 2020
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Health and economic recovery of states tied to community college success
• Responsive to changes in local labor market demand• Accelerate reskilling• Reimagine earn and learn models
• Sustain institutional improvement efforts through equitable and adequate funding• Guided pathways• Developmental education reform• Transfer pathways• Workforce alignment
• Non-residential higher education institutions better positioned to sustain operations through pandemic
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TODAY’S SPEAKERS
Tamar Jacoby is president of Opportunity America, a Washington-based nonprofit working to promote economic mobility – work, skills, careers, ownership and entrepreneurship for poor and working Americans.
https://opportunityamericaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Indispensable_Inst_Recommendations.pdf
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THE NATION’S PREMIER PROVIDER OF WORKFORCE EDUCATION
August 21, 2020
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Covid recovery
The future of work
THE WORKFORCE CHALLENGE
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TWO-THIRDS OF JOBS NEED POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION OR TRAINING
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SHIFTING THE CURVE
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COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Reach & scale
Hard & soft skills
Nimble
College-age & midcareer learners
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WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE
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TWO FUNCTIONS
▪ Transfer
▪ Workforce
TWO REFORM MOVEMENTS
NOT EITHER/OR
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Close to the labor market
Nimble
Alternative credentials
Better bridges to credit programs
NONCREDIT EDUCATION
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MIDCAREER ADULTS
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PUTTING WORKFORCE AT THE CENTER OF THE MISSION
Rooted in the labor market
Short-form programs
Measured by job placements
Engine of regional economic development
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What’s needed goes beyond piecemeal
innovation
A new visionA new mission
PARADIGM SHIFT
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STATE LEVERS
Funding based on economic value added
Outcomes-based funding
Integrating community colleges & the public workforce system
Funding for certifications
Common course numbering system
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LEARN MORE
Available at
opportunityamericaonline.org/
indispensable
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TODAY’S SPEAKERS
Chris Soto is Director of Innovation and Partnerships for the Connecticut State Department of Education, where he helps lead the department’s efforts on College and Career Readiness, ensuring students are gaining access to post-secondary opportunities, including college, advanced training, and workforce placement.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/510213-its-time-to-fix-the-broken-higher-education-transfer-pipeline
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This is what
bad policy looks
like
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1. Start with the endgame in mind2. Catalyze innovation & collaboration3. Make Financial Aid predictable & portable4. Promote Transparency
Transparency ▪ Creativity ▪ Political Will
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QUESTIONS?
Nikki EdgecombeCommunity College
Research CenterTamar Jacoby
Opportunity America
Chris SotoConnecticut State
Department of Education
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NCSL 2020 HIGHER EDUCATION VIRTUAL MEETING SERIES: ADDRESSING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Upcoming Virtual Meetings
State Policy Solutions to the Student Debt Crisis | Friday, October 16, 1pm ET
Strengthening Student Protections in a Time of Increased College Closures | Friday, November 20, 1pm ET
See NCSL’s Higher Education Virtual Meeting Series page for the recording and materials from previous meetings:
https://www.ncsl.org/research/education/higher-education-virtual-meeting-series-addressing-the-covid-19-pandemic.aspx